Rainbow Bacon

Yep, you heard right. Rainbow bacon burgers. A friend emailed me the original story. I just had to try it out. Though the story doesn't say how to make these, I figured I'd just use food coloring.



I used your standard grocery story-bought food colorings. I may swing by a cake store tomorrow to see if they have other brighter colors. It seems like the brighter colors do better.


They do make a burger more baconlicious.

Makes: 8 slices
Prep time: 5 minutes
Cook time: 20 minutes (plus 4 hours setup in fridge)

Ingredients:

• 8 slices bacon
• Food coloring
• Rubber gloves (optional, but not a bad idea)

1. Place bacon in glass dishes.

2. Drip 6-8 drops of food coloring on each slice and spread using rubber gloves. You need only color one side.

3. Cover dish with plastic wrap and let set in fridge for at least for hours for the colors to sink in.

4. Place bacon on a foil-lined sheet pan. Place in oven and turn to 400° F. Do not preheat the oven.

5. Let cook 15-25 minutes. The cook time depends on how quickly your oven comes up to temperature. Start checking after 15 minutes. Remove to paper-towel lined plate when done.